Microbiological and biochemical effects of the application of bitumenous emulsions as soil conditioners

✍ Scribed by J. P. Voets; M. Meerschman; W. Verstraete

• Book ID: 104613725
• Publisher: Springer
• Year: 1973
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 184 KB
• Volume: 39
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 0032-079X
• DOI: 10.1007/bf00014810

✦ Synopsis

Bitumenous emulsions, used as soil conditioners for various soil textural classes, caused no dramatic short-term or long-term alterations of various soil microbial populations and enzymatic activities. A certain inhibition of the soil microbial populations and enzymes occured at the higher application rates (1.0-1.5 1/m e ) of bitumen, especially in the sand and clay soils, while an enhancement was often noted at the lower rates (0.5-0.75 l/m2), particularly in the loam soils.